Sunday July 20, 2008 Canyon RV Hungry Horse, MT
At 12:30 am we were still awake and were startled by a huge community horn going off. We had been hearing fireworks or gun shots in the distance earlier in the evening and were mystified as to the meaning of the alarm. Although it was a clear night with a full moon, it was very dark in the wooded area. We couldn't imagine what the siren was for. Suddenly we heard sirens in the distance. Could it be a forest fire and the alarm was to call for volunteer fire-fighters? Could there be a problem at the dam? It’s now gone off three times. Bruce has left in the truck to go investigate. The hosts in the campground are no where to be found. Stay tuned for an update.
Bruce just got back and found out that the emergency teams (fire, police, and ambulance) are staffed through volunteer efforts by community members. The quickest way to alert people is to use the large horn. There had been a big accident out on the main road and he said that it looked bad. God have mercy on the people involved and their families.
Late in the afternoon we went up to our friends campsite with dinner to share. I feel very fortunate to have gone out with them on Friday to enjoy the solitude of the lake and do the huckleberry picking. We arrived to the National Park about 4pm and there was a line of trucks with boat trailers out on the main road that must have stretched for a half of a mile. The campground itself was fairly compact and there is no extra room for guests or boat trailers. We could hear the sound of boats and jet skies out on the water. I can’t blame them…it was a warm 95 degrees and the water looked delicious! We left our things at their camp and took our dog down to the lake for a swim. By the time that we returned, our friends were back as well.
As we studied the road atlas and gave them tips of what they might want to visit on the east coast, we enjoyed a bottle of wine with smoked salmon from the northwest. I had marinated flank steak to be BBQ’d and served it with a wonderful shiitake mushroom sauce. We served that with a pasta dish, tossed salad and a huckleberry pie that I picked up for dessert. It was an enjoyable visit and a farewell filled with love and appreciation for the wonderful time that they had shared with us in both Helena and the beautiful area around Glacier. It was now their time to head back to Helena to put things into storage and venture onto their nine month journey across the US.
We wished the four of them safe travels and hoped to keep in touch through email and their blog.
At 12:30 am we were still awake and were startled by a huge community horn going off. We had been hearing fireworks or gun shots in the distance earlier in the evening and were mystified as to the meaning of the alarm. Although it was a clear night with a full moon, it was very dark in the wooded area. We couldn't imagine what the siren was for. Suddenly we heard sirens in the distance. Could it be a forest fire and the alarm was to call for volunteer fire-fighters? Could there be a problem at the dam? It’s now gone off three times. Bruce has left in the truck to go investigate. The hosts in the campground are no where to be found. Stay tuned for an update.
Bruce just got back and found out that the emergency teams (fire, police, and ambulance) are staffed through volunteer efforts by community members. The quickest way to alert people is to use the large horn. There had been a big accident out on the main road and he said that it looked bad. God have mercy on the people involved and their families.
Late in the afternoon we went up to our friends campsite with dinner to share. I feel very fortunate to have gone out with them on Friday to enjoy the solitude of the lake and do the huckleberry picking. We arrived to the National Park about 4pm and there was a line of trucks with boat trailers out on the main road that must have stretched for a half of a mile. The campground itself was fairly compact and there is no extra room for guests or boat trailers. We could hear the sound of boats and jet skies out on the water. I can’t blame them…it was a warm 95 degrees and the water looked delicious! We left our things at their camp and took our dog down to the lake for a swim. By the time that we returned, our friends were back as well.
As we studied the road atlas and gave them tips of what they might want to visit on the east coast, we enjoyed a bottle of wine with smoked salmon from the northwest. I had marinated flank steak to be BBQ’d and served it with a wonderful shiitake mushroom sauce. We served that with a pasta dish, tossed salad and a huckleberry pie that I picked up for dessert. It was an enjoyable visit and a farewell filled with love and appreciation for the wonderful time that they had shared with us in both Helena and the beautiful area around Glacier. It was now their time to head back to Helena to put things into storage and venture onto their nine month journey across the US.
We wished the four of them safe travels and hoped to keep in touch through email and their blog.
Great friends, great food, great fun!...memories to be shared always!
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